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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 23 | Number 1 | January 1993 | Pages 98-102
Technical Note on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST93-A30124
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The internal and external inconsistencies of cold fusion phenomena are discussed. It is shown that most of these inconsistencies can be removed by assuming the formation of binuclear atoms that have the ability to trap thermal neutrons from the natural background in a localized state.
